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Issue: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #12 (348)
Publication Date: September 1969
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Issues: #12 (348) of 257 Issues (332 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1969
Volume: 29
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Who, Us?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Huey, Dewey, and Louie feign innocence over a broken lamp.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #34/1970 published August 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1970 published August 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The boys assume a "See-No-Evil, Hear-No-Evil,Speak-No-Evil" pose.
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Do You Need Extra Money?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: It costs you nothing to try
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for selling Christmas cards and stationery for the Cheerful Card Company. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Some Heir Over the Rainbow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Gladstone Gander; Uncle Scrooge; old-timer (sailor)
First Line: A big rainbow!
Synopsis: Scrooge plants pots of gold at the foot of a rainbow to see who will handle the money best, Donald, Gladstone, or the nephews.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v13 #11 (155) [unnamed variant] published August 1953
was Some Heir Over the Rainbow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The expected declaration "Reprinted by popular demand", used by Western Publishing at the time for reprinted stories (in titles that were offered on a subscription basis), does not appear in this story. Perhaps because the first page, where it normally appears, has not enough empty space to accommodate it.

The indicia says "Entire contents Copyright (c) 1969, by Walt Disney Productions", not recognizing this story as a reprint. However, Panel One has the notation: "Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Copr. 1953 by Walt Disney Productions World rights reserved", which contradicts the 1969 copyright information specified in the indicia.
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Pedigree Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Scamp; Tramp; Jock (misidentified as "Scotty"); various pedigreed dogs; snooty dog owners; arena guard
First Line: Were you ever in a dog show, Pop?
Synopsis: Trying to learn about pedigrees, Scamp wreaks havoc at a dog show.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #24/1970 published June 1970
as Stamtavlesorger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #25/1970 published June 1970
as Stamtavleproblemer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Tramp's friend, the thrifty Scottie Jock, appears in this story but is misidentified as "Scotty".
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Magnus Robot Fighter; 1A (robot); Fred Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; huge prehistoric nesting bird
First Line: Watch for ‘Dark Shadows’ with giant pull-out poster of Barnabas Collins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in August 1969, with focus blurbs on Golden Comics Digest, Walt Disney Comics Digest, Magnus Robot Fighter, Space Family Robinson - Lost in Space, Gunsmoke, Dark Shadows, and The Flintstones. The cover illustration of The Flintstones (Western, 1962 Series) #54 October 1969 is reproduced - as well as an interior illustration from Magnus Robot Fighter (Western, 1963 Series) #28 November 1969. Per the GCD index for Magnus Robot Fighter #28: "Russ Manning did 4 pages of penciling, done in various panels spread throughout the story." The panel in question could be by Paul Norris or Russ Manning.
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Souped-up Coupe

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Revell's “July 1969 Model of the Month ’51 Henry J Drag Coupe”. Top half of page. Middle left page of centerfold.
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The Sad Tail of the Biting Bronto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): brontosaurus; triceratops
Synopsis: A prankish brontosaurus bites the tail of a triceratops, and laughs as the triceratops runs off in pain. Seeing another dino-tail curled around a rock, the bronto bites it only to painfully realize that it’s his own tail.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page. Middle left page of centerfold.
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Grow Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Just Add Water – you’ve got “Instant Life”
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sea-Monkeys from Unicorn House. Top half of page. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Hi-Power Binoculars

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: See up to 18 miles
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad offering “powerful folding Opera Glasses [that] fit into pocket or purse” for only 75-cents from Bruce Binoculars. Lower half of page. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: What has teeth but can’t eat?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Cultivating Crew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): April; May; June; new boy in town; elephant
First Line: (Ahem!) Aren't you the new boy who just moved into the next block?
Synopsis: April, May, and June try to cultivate a friendship with the new boy in town. When they see him carrying a rake, they take up an interest in horticulture.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #23/1970 published June 1970
as Fælles interesser [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #24/1970 published June 1970
as Guttejakt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Struck Out!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Huey; Dewey; Louie; Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
First Line: Summer days on Grandma Duck's farm were busy ones for Huey, Louie, and Dewey.
Synopsis: Huey, Dewey, and Louie go on strike against their chores on Grandma Duck's farm.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Secret of the Black Box, Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; panicked man; thug #1; thug #2; bank teller; police officer; taxi driver; flying instructor
First Line: If Goofy had not insisted on taking flying lessons, the strange chain of events recorded here might never have occurred!
Synopsis: A panicked man running for his life entrusts Mickey with a mysterious black box. Mickey stashes the black box in his bank safety deposit box. Two thugs rob the bank of the black box after Mickey leaves to join Goofy for the Goof's first flying lesson. The thugs beat Mickey to the airport, expecting a pilot to help them get away. Rather than climb into a flight simulator, Goofy takes the controls of a real plane - which the thugs climb aboard for their getaway. Mickey daringly joins them in mid-air and finds the box. Goofy opens it and receives a hypnotic message intended for the thugs' boss.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 3. First and only Mickey Mouse serial to be drawn by Jack Manning.
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Reader's Page Animals

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various animals submitted by readers.
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Famous Name Prizes or Cash...from Olympic

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Free sample cards Earn $1.00 a box
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas or "all-occasion" cards. On final interior page of the comic.
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Amazing $1 Art Offer

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Linus (lion); Rascal (tiger); Peanuts (elephant); Theodore (bear)
First Line: 4 Irresistible Wide-eyed Animals in Full Color for Your Home.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering four prints of cute animals for one dollar. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Be a Sales Leader Who Picks the Prizes. Fabulous

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Or chooses the cash $1.00 a box
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sales Leadership Club, offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas cards. Color ad on back cover.

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